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Zap to make electric sedan based on its sports car

By Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: June 22, 2007, 9:55 AM PT Electric-vehicle maker Zap says it will come out with an electric car that will go about 100 miles on a charge but cost only $30,000, a combination of features that so far hasn’t been achieved. Whether Zap will succeed is an open question. According to the company, the sedan will be a derivative of the Zap-X, a sport SUV scheduled to hit the...

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General Motors Reports Progress Toward New All-Electric Car

By John Bichard Washington – 19 June 2007 – In January of 2007, General Motors (GM) unveiled a concept car powered solely by electricity. The Chevrolet Volt is a big step beyond today’s hybrid, that uses both a gasoline engine and electric motor. VOA’s John Birchard reports on the progress GM is making toward turning the Volt from an attractive idea into a production vehicle. As vice president of research and...

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